Improvement in scissors and shears



G. GONOVER. Scissors and Shears.

No. 222,672. Patented Dec. 16, I879.

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GEORGE GONOVER, OF MIDDLETOVVN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCISSORS AND SHEARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,672, dated December16, 1879; application filed October 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE OONOVER, of the city of Middlctown, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Scissors or Shears, of which the following isaspecification.

My improvement consists of the application of a narrow-faced cam orbeveled projection to the inner face of the shank of the blade, placedabout midway between the pivot-pin and the junction of the fingerliolcswith the shank. This projection is at right angles, or nearly so, to theshoulder against which the other bladeshank shuts when the scissorsor-shears are closed. A slot is cut across the face of the shank, andthe projection is let into it and fast ened by means of two pins, one ateach end,

O, to which shoulder the projection is at right an ales, and aboutmidway between F and G.

The operation of this improvement is obvious. As the blades of thescissors are closed the narrow-faced projection on one shank grad thecam should be made very narrow on its face.

The improvement may he applied to all scissors and shears of the generalform pictured in the drawing, and will befound to facilitate the use ofscissors, whether taken in the right hand or the left.

hat I claim is The combination of a narrow-faced cam or ber elcdprojection with the inner face of the shank of the scissors-blade, inthe manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

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\Vi tnesses:

ROBERT G. PIKE, J osarn A. FULLER.

